Photos: Santa and his helpers around the world

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In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a pair of women beg outside a pharmacy display window decorated for Christmas, in downtown Dakar, Senegal. As Christmas approaches in mostly Muslim Senegal, vendors ply the streets selling tinsel, artificial trees, and inflatable Santas, and the main boulevards are all aglow in holiday lights. Senegal, a moderate country along Africa's western coast, has long been a place where Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully and share in each other's holidays. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)